Skirt markers



March 25, 1958 A. v.-AGRESTA x-:T AL 2,827,700

SKIRT MARKERS 'Filed June 26, 1956 FIC-L2 FIGB yen/o/J Angelo V. Agres'fci- Lawrence Burke Flel ATTYS SKIRT MARKERS 'Angelo Virgil z'grstm Yallefy Stream, and'LaWrenee Burke, Mineola; N .Y

l'Application June v26, 1956, SeriaLNos-5913g981 "3 Clam's. '(ClJ33-'9) This invention relates to skirt markers such as are used by wome'ntomark the desired position'of `theheight ofY the bottom edgeoftheirf'skirtsffromlthefloor, or of the height from the door to the top of thevhem of` the yskirts. Various'de'vices 'have Vbeen made available forthispurpose,'.of whichp'omeare height indicators showingwhere pins'mustV be Vinserted to mark where 'the skirtmustbe sewedfbut'fthe 'disadvantage of 'thisis'lthat thegwearer of the skirt being so marked cannot also-do the..marking. Another type of marker 'has' been marketed wherebyichalk tion in general has t-notbeensatisfactory.

So it is an object of this invention to overcome these j'disadvantages'and'to'devise 4a 'skitmarker thatcan be foperatedbyfthe'wearer-ofthe'skirtthat is simplein all of its operations so that even the height adjustment can be made by a person with no mechanical aptitude; and

that makes a chalk mark wide enough when applied so as to be distinct and due to its width, the wearer of the skirt can turn around wiping the skirt past the chalk marker at a fairly rapid rate.

With these objectives in mind, the invention may be said to be realizable by a base having an upstanding skirt guide rising from one edge of the base and from the other edge an upstanding standard carrying a measuring scale, while vertically adjustable thereon is an assembly including a nozzle-bearing chalk-blowing casing having connected thereto a tube with a air-pumping compressible bulb on its free end, and with the tube long enough to reach to the hand of the woman who is marking her skirt. Details from which advantages llow comprise the particular shape of the nozzle member that is generally keyhole in shape having a space below for receiving chalk from its cup, with the particular pathway through which the air comes into the member and leaves therefrom with the chalk suspended therein in a stream that is progressively thinned but progressively widened.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an isometric view of the complete skirt marker. Fig. 2 is a plan view, with parts in section of the chalk blower. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the chalk blower.

In the drawings, there is shown a base 11 from the front edge of which rises an upstanding skirt guide 12 to a height substantially co-equal with that of a standard 13, more or less rectangular in cross-section but having inturned edge flanges 14 and 16 forming channels 15 and 17 between which is frictionally gripped a transversely curved ruler or face plate 18 preferably of metal, bearing a scale of measuring numerals 19 indicating the height from the floor. 20 indicates a top cover or cap for the standard 13.

Adjustably and vertically slidably held in channels 15 and 17 by friction against the inturned anges 14 and 16 as a result of the convexly bowed spring face plate 18, is a much shorter plate 22 whose lateral edges 23 and 24 enter the channels 15 and 17, respectively. This shorter 2,827,700 Patented Mar. 25, 1958 i2 vplatehas` Asecured 4thereto an assembly shown4 generally :at A for blowing` powderedchalk `against the skirtthat' is to be marked. The chalk 'blower assembly comprises `a generally cylindrical hollow casing 26 open 'atiits bottom for thereception of an open-topped cup 27 adapted to hld'a quantity of powdered chalk 28. The bottom of 'cupfcanbe readily 'remove'dandfreplaced1to1 be relled'or 'replen'ishedfrom'timetotime with powdered chalk. 'The ".interiorof thepasing'zfis provided with an lannu-lar sh'ouldefor'seat 29'gagainst which the 'cup-"cani be seated. 'bo'vethe 'annularslroulde'r 2-9`is a space 30 within'a 'horizontal 'n'ozzie member "N `which latter has in plan view the 'shapeff"a"keyhole, 'with a top'plate r237, Aa bot- ;'to'm plate `3 1, a cylindrical portion '32 and an Aoutwardly "ar'ed "portion y33, terminating in a chalk-spraying elon- `gtedterm'inal"outletor nozzle 34. "Thev outlet h'asa plu- 'ra'lityolp'ar'tial partitional walls' 35" and 36, 'while the v'bot- Ltom"51"o"f""the nozzle member' is inclinedupward'ly toward the outlet S34 for progressively: thinning the'space between "-'cahpo'rtion Sandthenozzle member Nhasatunctional purposeuncontrollingtheow' ofjblown 'chalk' in a par- 'ticularfmannen In operation, the person whose skirt is to be marked, stands so that the skirt hangs between the skirt guide 12 and the chalk blower assembly 25. The chalk blower assembly is then adjusted to the proper height at which the skirt is to be marked, by sliding the plate 22 up or down in the channels 15 and 17. The proper adjustment as to height is measured by comparing either the top edge of the plate 22 or its bottom edge, against the numerals 19 on the face plate 18. These numerals can be so imprinted on the face plate that one or the other of these edges is correctly measured, or, indeed, the plate 22 can be of transparent plastic so the numerals can be seen therethrough and the blower nozzle 34 adjusted to the right numeral. The cup 27 is removed from the cylinder 26, and after being lled with powdered chalk 2S is replaced, as shown. Next, the operator pumps the bulb 42 which supplies pressured air through the tube 41 into the space 30, which air descends into the powdered chalk to stir it up vertically and blow it horizontally through the nozzle 34 from which it is emitted in uniformly dispersed form due to the spreading elect of the partial partitions 3S and 36. The tube 4) is aligned with the rear of the cup 27 so that the path of the descending air passes directly down into the chalk as shown in Fig. 3, turns and then blows the chalk first vertically upwardly and then horizontally where it is somewhat condensed as it passes through the neck portion 43 before it spreads out laterally in passing through and outwardly from the nozzle, meanwhile spreading out laterally in a progressively thinning but broadening stream. The outwardly ared portion 33 of the nozzle sprays the chalk in a line of considerable lateral extent. The woman stands with her skirt between the upstanding guide 12 and the scale 18 while the chalk blower is directed toward the skirt. Chalk blown from the nozzle of the chalk-blowing assembly is caught by the skirt since the guide keeps the skirt from being blown too far away from the chalkblowing nozzle. The woman turns while the chalk continues to be blown or sprayed until a chalk line is made that encircles the skirt.

There has thus been devised a skirt marker that requires a minimum of mechanical skill to operate; that is justed height; that blows a stream of powdered chalk t along a horizontal line of considerable lateral extent; that blows the powdered chalk while uniformly dispersed in a lateral direction; and a chalk-blowing assembly that is easily taken apart for inspection.

We claim:

1. A skirt marker of the powdered chalk-blowing kind,

, providing an inwardly directed overhanging vertical ange to constitute with the body portion a vertical groove so that the grooves vface inwardly toward each other, and a graduated vertical face plate representing a scale of convexly shapedY cross-,section edgewise in said vertical grooves, said carrier bracket comprising a plate substan- Vtially conforming to the curvature of said face plate and held edgewise frictionally although slidably in said grooves for sliding adjustment vertically along said scale.

2. The marking head according to claim l, in which said nozzle in planview has a flaring configuration constituting substantially a keyhole shape.

3. A skirt hem marker having a base, a standard rising from the base to constitute a post, and a marking head with a supporting bracket vertically adjustable upon said post and cooperative therewith in fixing the distancerof the hem to be marked from the ground; Vcharacterized thereby that said post comprises a vertical longitudinal shell cross-sectionally protled to constitute an intermediate longitudinal tiat body portion, a pair of longitudinal side portions each in the form of an inturned ange spaced from the body portion to constitutertherewith a longitudinal groove, so that said grooves face inwardly toward each other, a graduated longitudinal tace plate in the nature of a scale of shallow convexity in cross-section and held longitudinally edgewise in and by said grooves;

' and that said bracket and adjusting means are in the form of a plate curved substantially to conform to said convexity and slidably superimposed upon said scale and frictionally held along its longitudinal edges in and by said grooves in any desired vertically adjusted position along said scale.

References Cited in the ile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 695,967 Thurman Mar. 25, `1902 1,021,484 Richardson Mar. 26, `1912 1,270,251 Smith .Tune 18, 1918 2,202,659 Ingwer May'28, 1940 2,532,298 Goldstein Dec. 5, 1950 2,608,776 Schuler Sept. 2,1952

2,609,240 Faulkner et al. Sept. 2, 1952 2,675,616 Dritz Apr. r20, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 342,965 Germany Oct. 28, 1921 France Sept. 11, 1939 

